just read a list on another blog, books and cooks, of all the books this woman, tara, whose blog it is, has read thus far in 2008. and i thought that was a brilliant idea. so before i forget any of them:
elizabeth gilbert, eat, pray, love (twice)donald c. johanson and maitland a. edey, lucy: the beginnings of humankinddubravka ugresic, the ministry of painfrancis wheen, hoo-hahs and passing frenziesjosé eduardo agualusa, the book of chameleonsstewart lee allen, in the devil's gardennigel slater, kitchen diariesnigel slater, real foodnigel slater (are we detecting a theme here?), appetitenigella lawson, feastsimon hopkinson, roast chicken & other stories simon hopkinson, second helpings of roast chickensam and sam clark, casa moro: the second cookbookpaul cunningham, madjournaltamasin day-lewis, good-tempered foodj.k. rowling, harry potter and the philosopher's stone (read to sabin)j.k. rowling, harry potter and the chamber of secrets (read to sabin)siri hustvedt, what i lovedbill bryson, the life and times of the thunderbolt kidnatalia rose, the raw food detox dieti know, you're thinking, hey lady, a bunch of those are cookbooks, people don't read cookbooks. but you would be wrong. i actually DO read cookbooks. cover to cover. when the cookbook writers today write as well as nigel slater and nigella lawson, it's silly NOT to read them cover to cover. and be inspired.i'm going to keep updating this list throughout 2008 and see how many books i manage to read. i've never really thought about keeping track before, so thanks tara, for the inspiration!